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TIL that stem cell research helped save a dogs life by regenerating the pads of his paws.

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LknKm TIL Juno Beach was originally going to named Jelly Beach, but Churchill disapproved of the name, finding it to be undignified "for a beach on which so many men might die".
wL08P TIL Pandora's box was actually a jar.
QJwYM TIL a 300' fire tornado ravaged an area in Japan during a earthquake in 1923.
5YwVn TIL of Vin Mariani, a coca (cocaine) wine created in the 1860s; the wine exported to the US had a higher cocaine content than what was sold in Europe to better compete with similar products. Popes Leo XIII and Saint Pius X , US President Grant, and Thomas Edison were all advocates of the wine.
R5aLw TIL that the 1927 General Election in Liberia had a turnout of 1660%. The winner secured 240,000 votes, when the country had less than 15,000 eligible voters.